Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balluz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *bʰol-n- (“round thing, bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Latin follis (“windbag, balloon”).

    According to Kroonen, this was originally an n-stem (as preserved in Old High German ballo, German Ballen), and the North Germanic *balluz is an early back-formation from the old accusative plural **balluns.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbɑl.luz/

    Noun

    *balluz m[2]

    1. round object, ball
    2. (anatomy) ball of the hand, foot, etc.

    Inflection

    Declension of *balluz (u-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *balluz *balliwiz
    vocative *ballu *balliwiz
    accusative *ballų *ballunz
    genitive *ballauz *balliwǫ̂
    dative *balliwi *ballumaz
    instrumental *ballū *ballumiz

    Alternative reconstructions

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *ballu
    • Old Norse: bǫllr
    • → Proto-Finnic:
      • Finnish: pallo
      • Ingrian: pallo
      • → Proto-Samic: *pāllō (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ballan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
    2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀalluz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34
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